An Epithelioid Cell Type of Amelanotic Melanoma of the Pinna in a Fischer-344 Rat: A Case Report

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 258-261

  Nakashima, Nobuaki ^a   Takahashi, Kimimasa ^b   Harada, Takanori ^a   Maita, Keizo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

histopathology; premelanosomes; S 100 protein; Spontaneous tumor; ultrastructure; vimentin

Indexed keywords

KERATIN; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; DERMIS; EOSINOPHIL; EPITHELIOID CELL; EXTERNAL EAR DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYSOSOME; MALE; MELANOSOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; EAR, EXTERNAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA, AMELANOTIC; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; S100 PROTEINS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VIMENTIN;

ANIMALIA; PINNA;

EID: 0029984598     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019262339602400215     Document Type: Article

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